Perspectives on Quaternary outreach and aspirations for the future

Outreach arising from the study of the British Quaternary offers many benefits for society, especially because of its relevance for understanding contemporary environmental issues and environmental change. Outreach is also important for the long-term health of the academic discipline and research agenda. Through engaging with the formal education system, institutions, policy makers, planners and with the public at large, Quaternary specialists can do much to advance interest in and appreciation of the British landscape and its Quaternary record. This opinion and review article considers the importance and benefits of outreach in its many forms, makes the case for practitioners to continue and increase their involvement, offers examples of good practice, and sets out aspirations for the future.     

Urban land consolidation: a review of policy and procedures in Indonesia and other Asian countries

Many Asian mega-cities are growing rapidly and they face formidable urban problems: unplanned squatter settlements, inadequate infrastructure and basic amenities. Smaller Asian urban areas also need badly the provision of basic infrastructure and facilities. However, efforts to improve are often constrained by either nonavailability of suitable land or its exorbitant cost. Strategies such as land consolidation have shown considerable promise. Implementation of the strategy varies from country to country and from project to project. In general, the land consolidation approach is participatory in nature and places emphasis on in situ development with voluntary contribution of private assets by affected households in need of infrastructure and basic services. However, to make any significant impact of the land consolidation strategy on urban development, financial support from multilateral agencies such as the World Bank is necessary. To enable this it is necessary that the policy and implementation procedures fully conform to the objectives of the World Bank's safeguard policies such as OD 4.30 `Involuntary Resettlement'. This study reviews the land consolidation policies and procedures as applied in several Asian countries in general, and in Indonesia in particular. The objective is to identify the gaps that exist between the policy and procedures and that of the objectives of the World Bank's Policy of Involuntary resettlement and to recommend general policy and procedural guidelines for land consolidation projects that would enable financial support from multilateral agencies such as the World Bank. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Asian Transboundary Aquifers Inventory and Mapping

Transboundary aquifer (TBA) is an aquifer system that exists in more than one state. As an important component of the groundwater system, proper management and rational utilization in trans-boundary aquifers are significantly important for promoting sustainable development and good-neighbor relationships. The Transboundary Aquifers will not implicate by the country’s political boundary as it follows the natural boundary lines. Within the frame work of the UNESCO''s International Hydrological Programme (IHP-VI & VII) activities for the International Shared Aquifer Resource Management (ISARM), the inventory on TBA in Asia both preliminary and detail has accomplished. Those TBAs are classified in to two types: regional and local grade. A of Asian Transboundary Aquifers Map has advanced. The updated map provides the situation of the regional TBAs identify as the actual shape. Countries with the TBAs should strengthen cooperation for coordination and joint management of groundwater resources in order to achieve sustainable use     

Fourth Asian Urbanization Conference

Fourth Asian Urbanization Conference     

2006亚洲建筑展览会

本刊讯:2006年9月18至22日,由中国建筑学会承办的第12届亚洲建筑师大会及相关主题会议,在北京举行。亚洲建筑师大会是经国务院批准,由亚洲建筑师协会(ARCAISA)组织的两年一度的盛会。在本届大会上,1000名亚洲著名的建筑师同其他国际建筑大师,围绕“演变中的亚洲城市与建筑”这一主题,共同讨论国际建筑交流与亚洲的机遇、开放的建筑市场与建筑师的责任、建筑的可持续发展与新技术新材料等议题。为了促进亚洲建筑设计与建筑材料领域的交流,推动亚洲建筑向更高水平发展,在亚洲建筑师协会、中华人民共和国建设部、中国建筑材料工业协会及孟加…     

城市气象与边界层数值模拟研究

综合评述关于城市气象与边界层数值模拟的近期研究进展,主要就城市气候研究、城市能量平衡、城市热岛研究以及城市陆面过程与城市地表能量平衡模式等方面国内外主要研究工作,结合作者近期的研究工作和认识作一评述.从中提出一些现实与观点方面的问题,给出一些看法和讨论.最后,就当今比较流行并显示十分有效的城市气象和城市边界层数值模拟作一些讨论,着重对这一领域面临的现行研究和未来的挑战,提出一些思考.评述结果表明:①今后需针对我国不同气候区、不同城市特点和建筑物形态特征,开展城市气候、城市地表能量平衡、城市热岛等方面的观测与模拟研究;②在城市气象观测方法与技术导则、观测站网布局、新型观测手段的综合使用等方面的深入研究需进一步展开;③需建立基于时间、天气条件、建筑特征的简单的城市热岛强度预报方法;④可探索采用计算流体力学(CFD)模式作为"桥梁",检验并改进中尺度模式对城市地区的模拟效果.     

西北地区城市地质调查与城市规划建设

城市地质调查是支撑城市规划建设管理的先行性地质工作,对城市地质安全、资源保障和安全运营具有至关重要的作用。如何开展城市地质调查,明确调查内容、精度和深度,地下空间精细化探测和安全利用,以及如何支撑服务是做好城市地质工作的关键。笔者梳理了中国城市地质工作的进展及程度,重点以关中平原城市群、西安国家化大都市城市地质调查工作为例,对黄土覆盖区城市地质工作内涵、精度及应用进行了详细论述,试图总结西北城市地质工作在支撑国土空间规划中的作用和存在的问题,进一步开展西北地区城市地质研究。     

全新世南亚高压南北移动及其与亚洲夏季风降水的关系

南亚高压是亚洲夏季风系统的重要组成部分,它的强度及位置变化对亚洲夏季风降水有非常重要的影响,对其变化特征和物理机制的研究可以加深对亚洲夏季风演化的认识。论文利用一个海-气耦合模式（KCM）,在轨道参数的强迫下模拟了全新世以来（9.5~0 ka B.P.）的气候变化,分析了全新世南亚高压的南北移动特征,并探讨其与亚洲夏季风降水的关系。研究发现,全新世以来南亚高压持续向南移动,同时也反映了对流层上层西风逐渐向南扩张,响应逐渐减少的夏季太阳辐射。早全新世南亚高压偏北主要是由于夏季太阳辐射增加导致伊朗高原感热加热加强。南亚高压的南北移动与亚洲夏季风降水有显著的关系,它与东亚季风区北部和印度季风区降水呈正相关关系,而与东亚季风区南部和西南季风区降水呈负相关关系。偏北的南亚高压在东亚北部上空产生异常反气旋,有利于对流层低层空气辐合上升,降水增加,此外异常反气旋还可以加强西太副高,使得输送到东亚北部的水汽增加。南亚高压偏北时还会在中低纬地区产生异常东风带,减弱了来自孟加拉湾的水汽输入,从而使得东亚南部和西南季风区降水减少。偏北的南亚高压还在阿拉伯海上空产生异常气旋,有利于印度夏季风降水的增加。南亚高压的南北振荡可以部分解释相同轨道强迫下亚洲夏季风降水出现显著空间差异的原因。

     

城市地质与地球物理

这次东部城市集中区立体填图试点工作研讨会,研讨的是东部城市集中区立体填图问题。填地质图是地质工作的基础,但是城市地质与立体地质填图工作有区别,前者工作涵盖的内容更为广泛,后者涉及的仅仅是立体地质填图问题。从今天的社会发展看,大城市的发展对地质工作提出的要求是多方面的,仅仅填一张立体地质图,并不能满足城市发展的要求。这就提出适应城市发展要求,应当填什么内容的地质图和如何表达这些测量结果供城市发展有关用户使用的问题。作者认为,重要的是服务好城市建设发展的需要,同时要注意不断加强立体地质填图这项地质基础工作。下…     

Singapore — An Asian City-State

The various aspects of the physical make-up of Singapore are briefly considered —topography and regional geology, its equatorial climate, and its strongly man-modified pattern of vegetation. An analysis of the Republic's ethnically and linguistically diverse population introduces a consideration of occupational and economic structure. Considered finally are recent changes on the urban scene and the results of a successful governmental policy involving a relative swing away from the traditional entrepot function towards balanced industrialization.     

Manpower demands,labour supplies and employment aspirations: A problem with implications for the formulation of regional policy

Recently much has been written about the lack of adequate data relating to manpower resources and demands. This paper shows how it is possible to construct and utilize occupation-by-industry and occupation-by-location matrices at a regional level which expose underlying trends in manpower problems. It is suggested in the light of the evidence discussed that regional policy may need to be re-appraised to enable labour supply and demand to be better matched.     

东南亚地区地质成矿特征及找矿潜力分析

东南亚地区是地处特提斯成矿域、环太平洋成矿域交汇部位的全球重要成矿区带,其优势矿产资源铜、金、铁、镍、铬、铝、钾盐、锡、铅、锌等与我国矿产资源结构具有较强互补性;成矿类型多样,斑岩型铜金矿、中低温热液型金矿、矽卡岩型铁矿、热液-矽卡岩型钨锡矿、红土型铬镍矿、红土型铝土矿等非常发育,不少矿床为世界级矿床;成矿时代以中、新生代为主,矿产空间分布多成群成带,部分矿床聚集区为世界级巨型成矿带,岩浆岩成矿专属性特征明显.在上述特征分析的基础上,对10个具代表性的重要成矿带找矿潜力进行了概略性评价,结果显示该区仍具有较大的矿产勘查开发潜力.